The OWASP Foundation Board of Directors consists of six elected volunteers. These unpaid volunteers dedicate themselves to the organizational mission, supporting the OWASP Global Committees and playing a pivotal role in the software security community. OWASP conducts democratic elections of its Board Members and Committee Chairs to enable bottom-up advancement of its mission. Each year, half of the Board seats, and all of the Committee Chair seats, are up for election by the then-current registered members.

Who Can Vote?

Note - this will includes all chapter leaders and project leaders on file effective 11-July-2011, you can check the current OWASP Membership List here.

For the election all registered voters will get a confirmation email the week of 18-July-2011 (*NEW Members* Join before 30-June-2011 if you want to vote) The election is scheduled via electronic ballot to be sent out to the membership on 8-August-2011.

FAQ - OWASP Honorary Member

I’m an active (chapter leader, project leader, committee member). Does that mean I’m an member and get to vote? No. During the 2009 election, OWASP Honorary Memberships were granted to all historical chapter leaders, project leaders and committee members, but those honorary memberships have expired. We ask that you please become an OWASP Individual Member Join Here to support OWASP. Alternately, you may also request a new OWASP Honorary Membership by submitting the following form CLICK HERE with a description of your recent activities in support of OWASP. We thank you for your ongoing support of OWASP and we require this for being able to track these requests from individuals around the world.